Cosmos thriving in a neglected patch of garden.

I’ll have to look through my old seeds. I may even have some of my Anemone rubra seeds left. Do you want me to send them to you?

Thank you for the most gracious offer!

However, I am growing these for sale as native plants. While technically the same species as the ones that grow here I can’t use them.

Different populations of plants across their distribution can develop genetic differences, even forming recognizable sub-species. As well many seeds are selected over generations to form stable strains with features that don’t exist in our local populations.

All my native plants are from seed I have hand collected in the area or ordered from collections made within the province.

Unfortunately the term ‘native’ is often used broadly to describe any species that grows in NA. Plants sold this way, grown from seed sourced from different areas, actually represent a loss of biodiversity because they’re introducing foreign genes into distinctive local populations.

I had forgotten that milosgarden had the same native plant purism as I’ve attempted to accomplish ;n;

milos-garden:

lambtime:

Here’s your plant of the week. Eddie’s White Wonder is a tree we have used in two recent projects and they worked out great!

Cornus nuttallii x florida ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’
Eddie’s White Wonder

Keywords: Deciduous Tree, Flowering
Family: Cornaceae
Sunset Zones: 3-9, 14-20, USDA Zones: 5-8
Full Sun to Partial Shade, Regular Water
Large white bracts in Spring
Narrow, pyramidal growth to 20’ tall and 15’ wide
Commonly available in 5 gallon, 15 gallon, 24” box, 36” box, 48” box

Cornus encapsulates a large group of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees. Cornus nuttallii x florida ‘Eddies White Wonder’ is a hybrid of two dogwood species, Eastern Dogwood (Cornus florida) and Western Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii). The hybridization resulted in a superior tree with profuse blossoms, a distinctive growth pattern, and superior disease resistance. The tree has plenty of seasonal interest, with large white bracts (modified leaves that resemble petals) appearing in early spring followed and leaves which turn red in the fall. It is often planted in a row to create a light screen.

Eddie’s White Wonder was hybridized in 1945 by Henry Matheson Eddie, a nurseryman from British Columbia. Most of the early seedlings were lost in a flood in 1947 but fortunately some had been moved, allowing them to be further propagated.

These hybrids really do have superior resistance to powdery mildew and anthracnose compared to regular old C. florida !